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. 2024 May 20:15:1394865.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1394865. eCollection 2024.

Fibromyalgia in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Fibromyalgia in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jie He et al. Front Physiol. .

Abstract

Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common condition in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate differences in sleep monitoring indicators between patients with OSAHS and positive FM and patients with OSAHS and negative FM and to determine the incidence of FM in patients with OSAHS. Methods: An exhaustive literature review was conducted to analyze the incidence of FM in patients with OSAHS, using online databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, CNKI, and Wanfang, both in English and Chinese. The quality of the included studies was assessed by two researchers using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale scores. The acquired data were analyzed using Stata 11.0 software. Continuous variables were combined and analyzed using the weighted mean difference as the effect size. Conjoint analyses were performed using random-effects (I2 > 50%) or fixed-effect (I2 ≤ 50%) models based on I2 values. Results: Fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria. This study showed that 21% of patients with OSAHS experienced FM. Subgroup analyses were performed based on race, age, sex, body mass index, and diagnostic criteria for patients with OSAHS. These findings indicate that obese patients with OSAHS have a higher risk of FM, similar to females with OSAHS. Regarding most sleep monitoring indicators, there were no discernible differences between patients with OSAHS with positive FM and those with negative FM. However, patients with positive FM had marginally lower minimum arterial oxygen saturation levels than those with negative FM. The current literature suggests that patients with OSAHS have a high incidence of FM (21%), and FM has little effect on polysomnographic indicators of OSAHS. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42024510786, identifier CRD42024510786.

Keywords: fibromyalgia; incidence; meta-analysis; obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome; sleep indices.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Flow diagram of literature screening.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Forest plot of prevalence of Fibromyalgia in patients with OSAHS.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
WMD forest plot and its 95%CI for AHI, Minimum SaO2, Mean SaO2, and total sleep time in FM + OSAHS group and FM- OSAHS group. (A) AHI; (B) Minimum SaO2; (C) Mean SaO2; (D) total sleep time.
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
WMD forest plot and its 95%CI for Sleep latency, Sleep efficiency, REM, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale in FM + OSAHS group and FM- OSAHS group. (A) Sleep latency; (B) Sleep efficiency; (C) REM; (D) Epworth Sleepiness Scale. REM: rapid eye movement.
FIGURE 5
FIGURE 5
WMD forest plot and its 95%CI for N1/N2/N3 in FM + OSAHS group and FM- OSAHS group. (A) N1; (B) N2; (C) N3.

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